Earth Books

I read this book when it came out over 15 years ago or so and it is still the book that I remember when someone asks me to recommend something that explains environmental change issues. He has such a concise and personal way of making you see the living sphere of Earth, all the parts of it, and how they are interconnected. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a quick but in depth read on the causes and effects of global pollution and degradation.

Although written more than 10 years ago, this book lays out in understandable terms to the non-professional scientist reader the foundation of the current global warming debate. Jonathan Weiner{winner of the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction for "The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time"}, gives compelling evidence that although a complex issue, global warming, climate change, ozone depletion, etc., are very real phenomena.

For those who wish to read more about the policy debate within government, NGO, and business circles; I recommend another Pulitzer Prize winner, Ross Gelbspan's "The Heat is On: The High Stakes Over Earth's Threatened Climate[1997]." I suggest reading Weiner's book first because it helps comprehend the jargon that professional science types tend to use.

Even today this book is the best read on the subject, I found so far. Concise, insightful yet entertaining, as in the hunt for (better: discovery of) the Keiling curve for CO2 concentration in the atmosphere - involving locations around the world and "peaking" in Hawaii. I also found it a fair treatment, giving some of the difficulties that the study of climate change is facing scientifically and politically. The emphasis is on science, thankfully. Jonathan Weiner learnt and teaches a lot through this book. Such as that global warming is a very slow process and manifests itself more in extremes and indeed will take yet another 20, 50 to 100 years until nature will prove the adherents or shock the skeptics of global warming. (Too late then.)
The action film "The Day After Tomorrow" due out in mid 2004 is a simplified, well meant dramatization of this subject. I recommend that you read this book before seeing the film and you will know the facts and then can enjoy the film even more (and smile and shake your head the wiser for it). Will take you a couple of feature film lengths to read this book, and fortunately the book is available via the indirect sellers on amazon.com.

Jonathan Weiner's book concerning the Earth and its biosphere and what is imperiled by the major increases in the burning of fossil fuels and the destruction of natural resources is one of the most important books for Ecologists, Environmentalists and leaders from all walks of life to read. This book allows the layman with a rudimentary science background to grasp the fundamental scientific facts supporting global warming. It tries to cover many different indications of global warming, from air bubbles frozen for thousands of years in Antartica to ocean temperatures, ground temperatures, carbon monitoring, and many other points of evidence. It introduces one to the history of the exploration of this phenomenon, giving a kind of personal tour of each major discovery and what its implications are. It incorporates actual weather disasters such as the drought of 1988 and how it affected farmers, people, politicians and news reporting. It takes you on the scene to the places where atmospheric composition is being carefully monitored. It covers the full range of toxic gases and what their build up could mean in the future. Most importantly, it describes the interelationship between toxic gases and air polution. In general, it seems to have a more detailed view of global warming than other books on the same topic.
Finally, it leaves you with little doubt that time is running out, and something must be done, sooner rather than later. This book should not become out of print, and should be read by leaders the world over. It resolves the ambiguities surrounding the global warming controversy.

Although nearly 10 years old this book is a very readable popular science assessment of the plight of our planet. It provides a provocative view of the forces that will shape our environment in the 21st century. I was inspired to begin collecting information on climate change that might one day form the basis of book of my own.

With the emphasis on labratories and expereinces, this book provides many ideas of how to use our own outdoors for science.

When the book No Student Left Indoors arrived, I immediately read it and thought it would make a wonderful course for a few of our students who learn best outdoors! Since Mr. R is a "new" teacher, I felt the well-developed structure of the book would provide him with the sequence he needed to turn it into a course. It has been a joy to watch this young teacher, empowered with this book, take students outdoors to learn. Other students keep asking if they too, can be involved in the course! Eileen A. Card, Principal/Academic Dean, Scenic Land School, Chattanooga, TN

I have this book & most of the other books by Jane Kirkland. I took a workshop with her as a presenter- it was fantastic! With this new guide, I was able to have my students create a field guide to the wildlife that they are able to find in our school district. Our kids think that they we don't have many species around here, they sure learned that there is more out there than they thought! This book was crucial to the success (& the initial idea) of the field guide project!

No Student Left Indoors is a wonderfully organized resource for teachers to utilize the schoolyard as a classroom to explore nature. Research suggests that students, particularly in early grades, need frequent nature experiences that are relevant to their lives, especially if we want our students to grow into an adult who considers the environment a valuable resource. Additionally, schoolyard nature explorations are hands-on, inquiry-based and age-appropriate.

I have been working with teachers, students and schools for many years to encourage them to maximize their use of school grounds. This resource manual is by far the best I have seen for doing this. It outlines appropriate explorations for students that help them to understand the world around them, not an abstract environment such as the rainforest. The Field Guide Project that is the focus of the manual involves students are involved in making observations, asking questions, researching, measuring, communicating findings and many other important process skills. Additional resources are provided for teachers to extend outdoor experiences. The key achievement of this book is that it integrates well into teachers' existing curriculum. I plan to utilize this book and its wealth of activities and ideas in many of my schoolyard and teacher professional development programs.

No Student Left Indoors: Creating a Field Guide to Your Schoolyard is one of the most extensive, user-friendly, comprehensive resources I've seen. The Field Guide Project is really only one aspect of this teaching tool. There is a wealth of information to help a teacher "experience" nature with his/her students. I am in awe of the research, time and talent the author has put into providing what teachers need. And if something isn't in the book, she tells us where to find it! I can pick this book up, open to any page and become engrossed!

I truly enjoyed reading this book while travelling this fall. It is witty, exotic, engaging and informative. Gives you some background and history into past expeditions and brings it into context of today. Christopher a true adventurer!

There's been a sudden rush of books coming out on the North Pole. Chris Pala's stands out because he's actually been there -- five times, in fact. He takes the sagas of history's most daring polar expeditions, and weaves them into lively accounts of current-day adventure tourism to the "big stick," complemented with a vivid record of his own "expedition to nowhere" in which he and companion Sylvia write themselves into the pages of polar history by running treadmill for several days on the drifting polar ice pack. Pala's command of the Russian language also gives him special insight into the role of all-too-neglected Russian arctic explorers. A labor of love, written in an engaging, accessible style, that's a must-read for armchair North Pole adventurers.

(Review first posted on Amazon.co.uk)

This book has it all. Sex, adventure, politics, the Russian mafia, beautiful women and a finely crafted sense of wonder for the exotic and the unreachable. The storyline revolves around a superficially bleak and uninterestiing place, the so called frozen arctic wastes of popular imagination. Chris Pala brings it all alive with a humorous and discerning touch. No armchair adventurer will be able to put this down, and no one will ever read the National Geographic magazine with the same reverence again. A wordly foreign correspondent in the distant "stans, Pala may be the new Hemingway.

Do you want to experience a fantastic adventure vacation? Just read this book and you will see just exactly why Christopher Pala fell in love with going to the North Pole. Believe me! It's true! I have just come back from this exact same expedition and I'm going back next year. It's not just going to the North Pole that is fantastic it's the process of getting there. Staying in the Khatanga hotel in Northern Siberia, sleeping in the cabin on Sredney Island, flying in all of the Russian planes and meeting the Russian people, that's fantastic. But there's a lot more, it's the other people that you meet on the expedition that are going along with you. They will be your friends for life. One man on our expedition was a former Mig-21 pilot, just one week before he went to the pole he flew a Mig-25 to 80,000 feet, next he stood on the North Pole, and two days after he returned from the expedtion he launched a rocket over the pole from Vandenburg Air Force Base. Another man was one of the world's top Neural Network Computer scientist, we had a webmaster from yellowairplane.com, a banker from Singapore, two skiiers that have previously crossed Antarctica and Greenland, a journalist from Denmark, a mag-lev railroad scientist and a lot more. We had seven skydivers which jumped from ten thousand feet over the pole and the oldest lady, ever, to go to the North Pole. This book tells it all and exactly why you would want to go there yourself. It's fantastic, you absolutely need to read this one.

C. Jeff Dyrek, now, arctic explorer

Christopher Pala brings the polar regions to life with his accounts of important but long forgotten or ignored expeditions. He describes his own trip to the Pole with wit and humor. A great book, don't miss it

If it is Sitchin then it is a very good read

This book is a clone of Sitchin's theories. If you like Sitchin; chances are you read this book already. I should give this book 2 or 3 stars because of no originality, but Sitchin's theories are interesting.

This book of essays presented at the first Sitchin Studies day is a must for those of us that have read the Earth Chronicles. Upon reading the first few pages, I discovered that I was not alone in my love of Sitchin, I was in fact in very good company. I especially appreciated the essay by Neil Freer with his "take no prisoners" logic. While all the essays clear up confusion and answer my questions, his was my favorite. This is not a book of theory, of the perception of myths, or wishful thinking. This book tells it like it is. I think it can stand on it's own to capture the interest of even those unaware of Sitchins work. For those of us who are aware, it validates our thinking and lets us know that we are not alone!

This book of essays presented at the first Sitchin Studies day is a must for those of us that have read the Earth Chronicles. Upon reading the first few pages, I discovered that I was not alone in my love of Sitchin, I was in fact in very good company. I especially appreciated the essay by Neil Freer with his "take no prisoners" logic. While all the essays clear up confusion and answer my questions, his was my favorite. This is not a book of theory, of the perception of myths, or wishful thinking. This book tells it like it is. I think it can stand on it's own to capture the interest of even those unaware of Sitchins work. For those of us who are aware, it validates our thinking and lets us know that we are not alone!

I truly enjoyed every paper included in this book. It was wonderful to read the expanded views of others. The writers span many vocations and have so many thoughts that I shared while reading the Earth Chronicles! If you have the series, add this also.

What can one person do to make a positive impact in the face of the enormous challenge posed by global warming? The answer to that question is given simply and elegantly by Marc Franke in "One Week to Save the Earth". As the subtitle suggests, this book really does provide simple actions you can quickly take to reduce your energy consumption along with explanations of why it matters. The book is organized into 5 sections that provide the reader with background information on the current environmental problems, ways you can reduce your energy consumption in your daily life and how you can engage society to amplify your impact. The book is loaded with practical information about energy saving products along with their benefits and where they can be purchased. I found that I could easily go to any portion of the book and read about a topic without having to refer back to some earlier section. I was so impressed with "One Week to Save the Earth" that I purchased 11 copies to share with a church class I was leading on environmental stewardship

As an aside, I have had the pleasure of meeting Marc and have had heard him speak on several occasions. As one would expect from "One Week to Save the Earth", he has a broad knowledge of energy topics and fortunately, he is as adept at conveying information verbally as with his writing. Marc has a knack for engaging his audience in a positive way and for stimulating discussion that often continues well after the session has ended. I think the enthusiasm he has for sharing information with his audience is also revealed in his writing. This book definitely belongs in the hands of everyone searching for a way to make their way of life more sustainable.

Marc makes learning what we can do to treat the Earth with dignity and respect very easy, with websites and ideas that each of us can follow. I intend for my grandchildren to live here, so I need to do my part. This book made me realize that even small efforts done by everyone have big results.

Gail Krumheuer

This book should be read by everyone. The author puts the crisis of global climate change in simple terms, and calls for action, starting with individual actions, in a sensible and straightforward, yet interesting and inspiring, way. The severity of his warning, and his dedication to helping the reader become part of the solution, is evident throughout the book, and the book itself is chock full of valuable resources and good ideas toward positive change.

This is a fantastic book for getting the message out.
With an easily readable flow the author handles complex environmental issues in a straightforward manner that inspires action. His "Tech notes on ethanol" (pare 44) are the best summary of the issue I have seen.

Outstanding every one should take a momnet to save the earth.
Julia Dennis
West Liberty, Iowa

i have and have shared this book with many. It reminded me who i am. it has brought tears to grown men and joy to all!

Walking with Elan through the experience was an awakening....a celebration of the awareness of our awesome abilities and untapped energies! This story was uplifting and inspiring with a solid message that can't be ignored. Thank you D. Trinidad Hunt for this awakening!

If you ever suspected that The Hundredth Monkey story could apply to human beings, or that we are here on earth to learn valuable lessons, you will want to read this book. If you worry about any of the negative things happening to people or to mother earth today, you will want to read this book. If you believe in love and friendship this book will reinforce these values in unique ways. If you have ever wondered, as small children often do, about "where was I before I was born?", Hunt will give you food for thought. This is a keeper to share, discuss and read again and again

D. Trinidad Hunt has tapped into an ailing world in the most positive way to bring hope and a new perspective to the critical transitions we must make to ensure a bright and secure future. This book gives people guidance and permission to take giant steps towards personal action towards making our world a better place. D. Trinidad Hunt shows people how to genuinely love one another through the pages of this book. It is written with a gentleness and insightfulness that is both riveting and inspiring. She shows us how to make better use of our time on this planet without it being a burden. What an amazing story!

This is possibly one of the best books we have ever read, and will appeal to everyone, regardless of your stage of spiritual growth and understanding. It is a story of a classroom of souls who are being trained for life upon earth prior to being born. Among other lessons, they must learn the "Principles of Planetary Purpose": 1) Planet Earth is a Classroom 2) In order to enter Earth's classroom, each of you must wear a body suit. 3) When you receive your body suit, amnesia will set in and you will forget who you really are. 4) Earth's curriculum centers around remembering the spirit and the love that you already are. 5) When you do begin to remember the love that you are, your intention to fully manifest that love will be challenged. 6) This is because each of you will also receive a Personal Ego and Free Will along with your bodysuit when you are born. 7) All learning and growth centers around the challenge of rising above the ego to manifest the love that you are. 8) Graduation from Earth's classroom depends on fully becoming love in action... While reading this book we each felt an awakening of cellular memories, and we cannot recommend it enough... not only to buy and read, but to then share the gift with others.

I can't add anymore about content than what has already been said. This is an excellent introduction to anyone interested in the Plate Tectonic history of the Earth.

The narrative along with the excellent images went a long way in helping clarify the dance that the continents have been doing for the last 4.6 billion years.

I kept an Earth globe with me along with several other paleo-maps I've collected over the years. They all helped in keeping track of what the author was refering to in each chapter.

I'm really glad that he took the time in laying out the early part of the Earth's geologic history and made only a fairly brief mention of mans time on the planet. It could have been even shorter that it was, but for the most part he kept it reasonable.

I am a retired USGS Geologist/Scientific Illustrator, and have read and Illustrated many USGS publications. I only wish I could have been involved in the preparation of this book.

I have had the priveledge of close association with the author, Ron Redfern, throughout the writing, organization and photographic activities that support this publication. In a career of geology-based endeavors, I have never enjoyed a more unique, thorough and emminently readable portrayal of the interlocking sciences that result in the Earth's evolutionary history. This is a complex subject. However, the author has made the 700 million year trip a pleasure. The beautiful, panoramic photography, the interweaving of summary-level essays, and meticulously time-based text, lavishly supported by color illustrations, gives the reader a multi-disciplinary view of not only our planet's geologic evolution, but also its close association with meteorological events and the evolution of life. The reader will want to read and re-read this book. A wonderful adventure, every time, with new perspectives of "how things work" discovered on each page.

M.M. Thacker
Geologist

President, the La Mancha Company (consulting)

I write on behalf of the curator of our C. Warren Irvin Jr Collection of Charles Darwin:
"The book has two sections which are interposed: 1. the text is exceptionally well done, and the glossary is extremely valuable for those not completely famniliar with geology and the formation of continents, etc. 2. the photography is the best that I (the curator) has ever seen in a book of this type. It in itself is worth the price of the volume. Anyone who reads this book will come away enlightened and will enjoy thinking and reviewing in his mind both words and pictures."

This is, without doubt, the best review of plate tectonics yet published. I'm surprised that more has not been popularly written about this subject than has been.

One of many subjects treated here is the initial colonization of the New World, which has been the subject of often vitriolic scholarly debate for the past two decades. In this book Ron Redfern has managed to distill the essence of that debate in a highly readable fashion and shows how new data has dramatically altered our previous reconstructions of the timing and modes of arrival and dispersal of the first Americans. As always, the environment remains the dynamic stage upon which the prehistoric actors of antiquity operated-a theme which permeates the entire volume.
Prof. James M. Adovasio: Exec.Director: Mercyhurst Archeological Institute: Erie, PN

WOW!!...every parent reading this book to their child will benefit as much as their children...it's about as "GREEN' as it gets.

At last,an 'instruction manual' for today's children on how to preserve and enrich our enviroment written in a language they can both enjoy and understand. Disney and the world would both benefit from the animated version.

Finally, a delightful, colorful children's book that addresses some of the ills that are facing our planet today. This book with page turning and upbeat illustrations defines some of the challenges to our planet and the need to be "green". Written in simple language that a child can understand, it also explains some of the ways that the child can be part of the solutions. They feel important and happy that they can contribute to resolving the problem. All the children that I have shared this book with, request it be read to them over and over again! They love the story and the pictures!

In this charming,informative book young children learn how they and their family can make small changes to improve the environment.Colorfully illustrated,easy to read, with helpful suggestions for young readers.Ideal for beginning a dialogue about "thinking green."
Buy it for your children and grandchildren.Planet Earth Gets Well

Planet Earth Gets Well This is a refreshing take on how to help our world survive the harm that we humans continue to inflict on it. Kids will like the voice of the main character, a young Planet Earth with fever and sniffles. Appealing and educational without being stuffy, Mother Nature and the rest of the charming cast help round out the message that we can all do our part to clean up the environment.

Precious Cargo is fantastic reading!! This novel is filled with adventure, many interesting characters - especially Charlie Noble who I quickly fell in love with - and a story which will astound you. So vividly written, I felt I was right there in the midst of everything. Charlie Noble's quest to search for truth is inspiring. This is my first Clyde Ford novel and I am "HOOKED"! Clyde Ford is a brilliant author.

I just finished your recent book Precious Cargo. I greatly enjoyed your writing, character development, and story line. It is a sad statement on the condition of illegal immigrants and what they face trying to make a better life for themselves and their family's. I really liked Charlie Nobel, Nobel Lady and Raven, not to forget Kate. I hope this is the beginning of a continuing series.

Please continue to write as you have a great gift. Your writing allows me escape and think about the human condition. Isn't that what it is all about?

I've been a sailor along the beautiful New England coast for over 50 years. Clyde Ford has now opened my senses to the exciting sailing areas of the Northwest with his thrilling and descriptive Charlie Noble adventures. The fact that Clyde wove a Nonsuch sailboat (my favorite) into the the story just added to my enjoyment.

I couldn't wait to read Precious Cargo after reading the first Charlie Noble book, Red Herring. I was not surprised that I also couldn't put this book down. Clyde Ford takes you, with his characters, through a spellbinding story and has you experience beautiful destinations. His characters become real as you are able to share their journey. A great mystery fan, I so admire Charlie's theories and deductions. Raven entering into the scheme of things adds depth. Great action, great scenes, heartfelt characters, great author. What more could you ask for, but more books. Thanks, Clyde.

This is, like all of Mr. Ford's work, excellently written. His only shortcoming, as far as I can see, is that he doesn't write fast enough! There are too few of his works available. What truly puzzles me about this one is the listed publication date - 2008. I read this book more than a year ago and one of the local libraries has it listed with a 2006 publication date. Somehow, it's being treated as "brand new", but I've no idea why.

This is an excellent book for those who have only basic science skills, yet have an interest in learning what a qualified scientist can teach them about fundamental science relating to climate change and global warming and their relationship to atmospheric CO2. You will learn that the theory espoused by Mr. Gore and the IPCC is baseless for the simple reason that the atmosphere does not work like a typical "greenhouse" and that, in any event, atmospheric CO2 is severely limited in its potential impact on climate and climate change. Highly recommended for both novices and those who are experienced with this topic.

Well done, Howard Haden. A succinct and understandable tome on CO2 and its relationships to the earth's environment. I read this short book this evening as "desert" after the main course of "Climate Confusion" by Roy Spencer. Combine Hayden's information about the science and graphic representation (and misrepresentation) of measurements of temperature variations and CO2 levels (not to mention Milankovitch Cycles and ice ages) with Spencer's insights on weather, climate, and the economy and in the time span of a few hours, of enjoyable and understandable reading, I have learned more useful information on these topics than ever before. It would seem that Al Gore has some inconvenient explaining to do. . . and Hayden deserves (not carbon) credit for his excellent contribution in debunking the CO2 = global warming myth.

As one who is relatively well read in the literature of the GW debate, it's rare to find a book that gives a new insight into things. Although on the short side, this book is one such. Well written for the most part while sometimes covering complex things. The author argues convincingly (which may be easier than it sounds) against the accuracy of GCM's (Global Circulation Models).

If you care about climate change, read this book: it is much the best introduction to CO2 and climate change, and is a superb guide for those who seek to influence or to understand energy and climate change policy.

Dr. Hayden (Professor Emeritus of Physics from the University of Connecticut) has written a wonderful little book giving a non-technical description of the role of CO2 in the atmosphere. In 53 pages he lays out a large number of facts about CO2 and it's possible contribution to a warming earth.

He covers the general questions:
"<< Is the earth warming?
<< If the earth is warming, is mankind responsible?
<< If the earth is warming is that a bad situation?
<< If the earth is warming, and if mankind's use of fossil fuels is
responsible, and if the situation is bad, is there anything we
can do to remedy the situation?"

Dr. Hayden uses 36 figures and 8 tables to clearly illustrate his points.

His summary is succinct and he reaches each point very quickly. He starts with the greenhouse gas phenomenon and contrasts the role of the CO2 absorption spectrum with the role of the spectrum of H2O, it's dimer and trimer.

He discusses the increase in CO2 in recent years and then goes back to discuss the CO2 and temperature graph covering the last 400,000 years publicized recently by Al Gore. He also covers the 1812 - 1964 period, and then discusses CO2 over about 500 million years (the CO2 was many times higher in almost all earlier geologic periods).

Dr. Hayden points out many of the difficulties in making reasonable temperature measurements and argues (successfully in my opinion) that by far the best global temperatures are those from satellites. These currently show (Dec. 78 - Jun. 07) an increase below 0.13 degrees / decade. The short time satellites have been in orbit covers less than 30 years. Many think this period records the most rapid global temperature increase in the last 150 years, so I believe this small temperature increase cannot be reasonably counted as part of a long term trend. The shorter trends often reverse several times in a 100 year period so the record does not yet permit reasonable extrapolation.

He also discusses how the discredited 1,000 year "hockey stick" graph of temperatures (Mann, et. al.) has been corrected and shows higher temperatures in the 1400's than at present. The hockey stick appearance was a statistical error that is common among non-statistically trained economists and financiers. Physical evidence in the form of 1,000 and 5,000 year old tree stumps above the present tree line, confirm a warmer period in earlier human history.

He provides a brief discussion of O-18 measurements as a proxy for long term temperature trends as well as C-14 and Be-10 and their use in measuring past solar activity.

Dr. Hayden has an excellent discussion backed up by several illustrations of carbon flows into an out of the various sinks. The biggest flows of carbon into the atmosphere are the it's release by warm ocean water and soil respiration. The biggest flows out of the atmosphere are photosynthesis on land and CO2 uptake by cold ocean water. These are about 30 times and 40 times respectively the flow of carbon into the atmosphere from fossil fuel burning. He also provides a brief explanation for the decreasing greenhouse effect for each addition of CO2 to the atmosphere. There is also a comment on the retroactive causality implied by suggesting that increases in CO2 cause increases in temperature.

His discussion of computer models is dear to my own heart as I spent several years modeling infinitely simpler flows using the best research at the time (early 1980's). We found that our 2 phase, crude, water, gas flows with pressure, temperature and orifice variations were only going to be able to predict a short distance from measured conditions. Those predictions required "training" on a longer past measured history and even then were subject to occasional contradiction by the real world. The only justification was they were better (fewer million dollar mistakes) than an experienced engineer's top-of-the-head guess. I believe the global climate models suffer from so many omissions and even some assumptions that seem to violate physical laws that any reliance on their predictive ability is religion not science.

This summary work has discussions of the special temperature situation in the Antarctic, the claims of more violent storms, the effects of aerosols, correlations, solar activity, glacial retreat, polar ice caps on Mars, sea levels, mosquitoes, and the supposed scientific consensus.

When discussing anthropogenic global warming in his summary, Dr. Hayden concludes that "yes, the earth has been warming up." Are humans responsible "to some minor extent, probably; to a large extent, no." He argues that, based on past history, warming may be good for some areas and bad for others.

Assuming the foregoing summary is incorrect and humans are causing our planet to warn, Dr. Hayden discusses the political solution and what he calls "Engineering Dreams by non-Engineers." He discusses the problems with 6 of these "Dreams" including: greater efficiency, sequestration, renewables, fission, fusion, and hydrogen. While some can be useful, none offer a replacement for fossil fuels to the level the global warmers deem necessary.

I have read a number of interesting papers covering many of the topics he includes, but Dr. Hayden has produced a remarkable summary of the global warming issue in a very small book.